Take Away from Chapter 3: I really liked what the chapter talked about towards the end with the “some essential language objectives” and lists them out as being: spontaneity, precision, and elaboration. I had never really considered these before, but after reading this part of the chapter, I can see how this is what students as writers should strive towards. Someone who has begun to master the conventions of the English language will be able to fulfill these objectives. We as teachers should create environments that allow students to be productive in making their way towards becoming proficient in these objectives.
My Choice – Chapter 5: With our language ever evolving I thought that it would be interesting to read the chapter on Words and Lexicography. Back in the 1980s, people would probably have thought you were crazy if you told them you were going to go Google an answer to your homework problem. Technology has caused our language to evolve at a rapid pace to keep up with terms deemed popular by the web. In turn, dictionaries are redefining words, as new meanings are associated with them. This interest in our evolving language is what made me interested in choosing to read Chapter 5.
Exploration: Give Me Some Good Old American Pizza Directions: Write the name of the country or the national group from whom we get the following boldface foods: 1. An éclair is a French pastry. 2. The word tortilla is Spanish for “pancake.” 3. Zwieback (bread “baked twice”) got its name from Germany. 4. Cookies known to us as macaroons were first baked by Italians. 5. Beaten egg whites baked on top of a pie are called meringue, which is a French word. 6. The word chowder means “thick soup.” We got this word from the French people.
I really liked what the chapter talked about towards the end with the “some essential language objectives” and lists them out as being: spontaneity, precision, and elaboration. I had never really considered these before, but after reading this part of the chapter, I can see how this is what students as writers should strive towards. Someone who has begun to master the conventions of the English language will be able to fulfill these objectives. We as teachers should create environments that allow students to be productive in making their way towards becoming proficient in these objectives.
My Choice – Chapter 5:
With our language ever evolving I thought that it would be interesting to read the chapter on Words and Lexicography. Back in the 1980s, people would probably have thought you were crazy if you told them you were going to go Google an answer to your homework problem. Technology has caused our language to evolve at a rapid pace to keep up with terms deemed popular by the web. In turn, dictionaries are redefining words, as new meanings are associated with them. This interest in our evolving language is what made me interested in choosing to read Chapter 5.
Exploration: Give Me Some Good Old American Pizza
Directions: Write the name of the country or the national group from whom we get the following boldface foods:
1. An éclair is a French pastry.
2. The word tortilla is Spanish for “pancake.”
3. Zwieback (bread “baked twice”) got its name from Germany.
4. Cookies known to us as macaroons were first baked by Italians.
5. Beaten egg whites baked on top of a pie are called meringue, which is a French word.
6. The word chowder means “thick soup.” We got this word from the French people.